Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Kogi State, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, has passed away, sparking confusion in the council.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Kogi State, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, has passed away, sparking confusion in the council.
Reports indicated that Muhammed was taken to the hospital after he collapsed in his home late on Thursday.
At around 4:30 in the morning, a hospital in the state capital of Lokoja confirmed his death.
He was reported to have participated actively in a number of political gatherings leading up to this Saturday’s governorship polls in Kogi.
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The Nation quotes a family source as saying that he was rushed to Shifa Hospital, Lokoja, after he slumped in the house at the late hours of Thursday.
“Doctors confirmed him clinically dead around 4.30am on Friday”, said an anonymous family member
He will be buried at the Unguwan Kura Muslim cemetery after the Juma’at prayer on Friday, it was gathered.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja, Talba Lakwaja, confirmed the incident in a statement.
“This is to notify the general public that the remains of the Lokoja Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Mohammed Dasebe Mohammed, will be buried at Anguwan Kura burial ground 2pm immediately after jummat prayer. The body will depart his family house at cantonment to Lokoja Central Mosque by 1:30pm,” he said in a statement.
The deceased was from Ward B in the cantonment area of Lokoja. Our reporter gathered that his sudden death has thrown the council into confusion, with some of his supporters and associates discussing the unfortunate incident in low tones.